Areas of research
My main areas of research have during different times been: Metaphysics (ontology, properties, objectivity and subjectivity), philosophy of mind (sense perception), feminist philosophy, philosophy of science (realism/anti-realism). My most current research is within social ontology and social epistemology as well as feminist ethics. I am currently thinking a lot about issues concerning social power dynamics and the motivation of social movements, epistemic injustice, gaslighting and other forms of manipulation, economic inequality, dehumanization, the status of women in science and academia, and various things related to the #MeToo movement, to name a few of my slightly too many interests.
Ethics in Motion: Feminist Ethics and #MeToo
I am, together with some wonderful colleagues, running the project Ethics in Motion: Feminist Ethics and #MeToo which is funded by the Icelandic Research Fund from 2023 to 2026. We are exploring the effects of the #MeToo movement on moral thought and investigating various issues at the intersection of ethics and #MeToo. For more information on this project, see here.
The Reality of Money
I was the principal investigator of the project The Reality of Money, funded by the Icelandic Research Fund, from 2015 through 2017. My book, The Reality of Money: The Metaphysics of Financial Value, is a product of this project and is due out in the Values and Identities series by Rowman & Littlefield International in October 2018. It is on the ontology of money, enlightened by various social and political issues.
Feminist Philosophy Transforming Philosophy
I was involved in the project Feminist Philosophy Transforming Philosophy, located at the University of Iceland, from 2015 to 2017. The project was dedicated to exposing how feminist philosophy can be a transformative power within philosophy as an academic discipline.